How about Witchblade?
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sumi - Nov 11, 2010 11:57:03 am PST #14752 of 30001
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§ ita § - Nov 11, 2010 12:01:28 pm PST #14753 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Obviously there was witch and blade in the title, but sadly I don't even remember it well enough to remember if there were swordfights in general in it.
beekaytee - Nov 11, 2010 12:18:51 pm PST #14754 of 30001
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That's a good one, sumi.
The blade does get used. It's a integral part of the mythology.
Henry Fitzroy (Blood Ties) has a lot of swords, but he doesn't use them in his daynight job.
sumi - Nov 11, 2010 12:20:01 pm PST #14755 of 30001
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Well, between whatsername and her enemies but not between random other people.
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2010 12:21:35 pm PST #14756 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think one blade makes a story swords and sorcery. I think swords have to be in common currency in the mythos. That's what I couldn't remember.
Vortex - Nov 11, 2010 12:25:17 pm PST #14757 of 30001
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Witchblade did have some swordfights, but it was not the focus of the show. The witchblade turned into other stuff, as I recall.
beekaytee - Nov 11, 2010 12:28:42 pm PST #14758 of 30001
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Ah. Right. Then, no Witchblade won't work because the blade was part of a secret identity, not common currency.
Wow. That makes it an even more interesting question. I really can't think of ANY contemporary S&S stories.
With the rampant thirst for useless remakes, Being Human (I'm looking at you) I wonder why no one has turned creative talent to that endeavor. ita, I think you are on to something.
Would an alternate universe apply?
-t - Nov 11, 2010 12:32:09 pm PST #14759 of 30001
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Without having watched the movie or read any of the books, I have the sense that Percy Jackson is sword and sorcery feeling. Based on seeing the ads, I guess, if even that much.
beekaytee - Nov 11, 2010 1:25:15 pm PST #14760 of 30001
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Oddly enough, just as I finished my last post, I switched over to a scene in Caprica where two fellows in Vworld whip out swords to attack Zoe's avatar.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 11, 2010 2:17:14 pm PST #14761 of 30001
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The Dresden Files might qualify as Swords & Sorcery.